This season’s New Zealand Superbike Championships were certainly drama-filled, so thrilling in fact that even the great Alfred Hitchcock would probably have blushed … it could not have been scripted any better. The premier 1000cc superbikes class went right down to the wire at the fifth and final round of the series at Taupo’s Bruce...Read More

Taupo’s Scott Moir is feeling the heat, so it’s just as well that he’s a cool customer under fire. Moir had led the 2019 New Zealand Superbike Championships after three of five rounds of the series, but he came under a withering attack from Glen Eden’s Daniel Mettam at round four in Feilding last weekend...Read More

There were several key changes at the top after drama-filled racing at the fourth round of five in the 2019 New Zealand Superbike Championships at Circuit Chris Amon, Manfeild, on the outskirts of Feilding, at the weekend. The premier 1000cc superbike class saw a new leader emerge, the third different individual to head the class...Read More

There will be no let-up as the 2019 New Zealand Superbike Championship roars towards a thrilling conclusion, the fourth round of five set for the Manawatu region this coming weekend. It was edge-of-the-seat excitement at round three of the series at Hampton Downs at the start of this month, the event that weekend sharing the...Read More

There was plenty to demand the attention of motorcycle enthusiasts at Hampton Downs at the weekend, but the serious business of national championship competition refused to take a back seat to any of the other distractions, fantastic though they were. The third round of five in this season’s New Zealand Superbike Championship shared the programme...Read More

There will be something for everyone at the third round of five in this season’s New Zealand Superbike Championship this weekend. The racing at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, just north of Huntly, this coming Saturday and Sunday (March 2-3) will appeal to all those who appreciate motorcycle racing and motorbikes in general. A festival atmosphere...Read More

If you want to be the best, it pays to be coached by the best and that’s just what is being offered in the lead-up to the Mike Pero MotoFest at Hampton Downs in just two weeks’ time. The Pirelli Legends Rider Clinic and track day, set for Thursday, February 28, and hosted by Kiwi...Read More

The volatile, unpredictable and exciting nature of motorcycle racing was perhaps never more in evidence than at round two of the 2019 New Zealand Superbike Championships, near Timaru, at the weekend. New championship leaders emerged in several of the bike classes at the two-day event at Timaru’s Levels International Raceway, most significantly in the two...Read More

The NZSBK road-show rolls into South Canterbury this weekend and brings with it all the hype and hoopla that comes with high-adrenaline motorcycle racing. It is the second of five rounds for this season’s New Zealand Superbike Championships at Levels International Raceway, just outside Timaru, this Saturday and Sunday and the event is expected to...Read More

There was a reduction in the number of races, but there was certainly no shortage of thrills at the opening round of this season’s New Zealand Superbike Championships near Christchurch at the weekend. The Mike Pero Motorsport Park, at Ruapuna, hosted the first of five rounds for the 2019 series on Saturday and Sunday, with...Read More